Dick Roche (hurler)

Richard "Dickie" Roche (1935 – 12 May 2014) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Waterford senior team.^[1][2]

Dick Roche

Personal information
Irish name	Risteard de Róiste
Sport	Hurling
Position	Goalkeeper
Born	1935 Waterford, Ireland
Died	12 May 2014 (aged 79) Waterford, Ireland
Nickname	Dickie
Club(s)
Years	Club
1952 1953-1984	Ferrybank Mount Sion
Club titles
Waterford titles	13
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1956–1964	Waterford	5 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:16, 18 March 2015.

Born in Waterford, Roche first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the senior team. He made his debut during the 19565–57 league. Roche was a regular member of the team for much of the next decade and won one Munster medal. Her was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

In a club career that spanned four decades Roche won a combined total of sixteen championship medals as a hurler and Gaelic footballer with Mount Sion.

Throughout his career Roche made 5 championship appearances for Waterford. He retired from inter-county hurling following he conclusion of the 1964 championship.

Honours

Team

Mount Sion

• Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (13): 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975
• Waterford Senior Football Championship (3): 1956, 1959, 1961
• Waterford Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1953

Waterford

• Munster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1957